John Potvin

Bachelors of a Different Sort

Queer Aesthetics, Material Culture and the Modern Interior in Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

Carefully considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britain between 1885 and 1957

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 749g
• ISBN-13: 9780719084997
• ISBN-10: 0719084997
• Artikelnr.: 40478689

Autorenporträt

John Potvin is Professor of Art History at Concordia University, Montreal

Inhaltsangabe

1. Men of a different sort: the seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor
Part I: Wilde spaces 2. 'God save the Queen': Lord Gower, idolatry and the
cult of the bric-à-brac diva 3. Vale(d) decadence: Charles Ricketts,
Charles Shannon and the Wilde factor Part II: Country living 4. Askesis and
the Greek Ideal: Edward Perry Warren and Lewes House 5. Of art and irises:
Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett-Haines and the decorative ideal Part III: Stage
design for living 6. Coward in the room: interwar glamour and the
performances of a queer modernity 7. Cecil Beaton: artifice as resistance
8. Conclusion: manifesto for a queer home of one's own Bibliography Index